CVE-2025-0115

PAN-OS: Authenticated Admin File Read Vulnerability in PAN-OS CLI

Published Mar 12, 2025 CVSS 4.0 · 5.6 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

A vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software enables an authenticated admin on the PAN-OS CLI to read arbitrary files.

The attacker must have network access to the management interface (web, SSH, console, or telnet) and successfully authenticate to exploit this issue. You can greatly reduce the risk of this issue by restricting access to the management interface to only trusted users and internal IP addresses according to our recommended critical deployment guidelines https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/community-blogs/tips-amp-tricks-how-to-secure-the-management-access-of-your-palo/ba-p/464431 .

This issue does not affect Cloud NGFW or Prisma Access.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Palo Alto Networks

PAN-OS

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`11.2.0`	affected	< 11.2.3
`11.1.0`	affected	< 11.1.5
`11.0.0`	affected	< 11.0.6
`10.2.0`	affected	< 10.2.11
`10.1.0`	affected	< 10.1.14-h11

Palo Alto Networks

Cloud NGFW

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`All`	unaffected	—

Palo Alto Networks

Prisma Access

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`All`	unaffected	—

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Remediation

Vendor Workaround

Recommended mitigation—The vast majority of firewalls already follow Palo Alto Networks and industry best practices. However, if you have not already, we strongly recommend that you secure access to your management interface according to our critical deployment guidelines https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/community-blogs/tips-amp-tricks-how-to-secure-the-management-access-of-your-palo/ba-p/464431 . Specifically, you should restrict management interface access to only trusted internal IP addresses. Review information about how to secure management access to your Palo Alto Networks firewalls: * Palo Alto Networks LIVEcommunity article: https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/community-blogs/tips-amp-tricks-how-to-secure-the-management-ac... https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/community-blogs/tips-amp-tricks-how-to-secure-the-management-access-of-your-palo/ba-p/464431 * Palo Alto Networks official and detailed technical documentation: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/best-practices/10-1/administrative-access-best-practices/administr... https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/best-practices/10-1/administrative-access-best-practices/administrative-access-best-practices/deploy-administrative-access-best-practices

Tracking

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2025-6655	A vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software enables an authenticated admin on the PAN-OS CLI to read arbitrary files. The attacker must have network access to the management interface (web, SSH, console, or telnet) and successfully authenticate to exploit this issue. You can greatly reduce the risk of this issue by restricting access to the management interface to only trusted users and internal IP addresses according to our recommended critical deployment guidelines https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/community-blogs/tips-amp-tricks-how-to-secure-the-management-access-of-your-palo/ba-p/464431 . This issue does not affect Cloud NGFW or Prisma Access.

Metrics

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Attack Requirements Present

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None

Vulnerable System Availability Impact None

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.192% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2025-0115

History

Jul 12, 2025 1:45 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00023}`	epss `{'score': 0.00028}`

Mar 17, 2025 4:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Mar 15, 2025 12:00 AM Description updated. Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description	A vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software enables an authenticated admin on the PAN-OS CLI to read arbitrary files. This issue does not affect Cloud NGFW or Prisma Access.	A vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software enables an authenticated admin on the PAN-OS CLI to read arbitrary files. The attacker must have network access to the management interface (web, SSH, console, or telnet) and successfully authenticate to exploit this issue. You can greatly reduce the risk of this issue by restricting access to the management interface to only trusted users and internal IP addresses according to our recommended critical deployment guidelines https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/community-blogs/tips-amp-tricks-how-to-secure-the-management-access-of-your-palo/ba-p/464431 . This issue does not affect Cloud NGFW or Prisma Access.
Metrics	cvssV4_0 `{'score': 6.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/AU:N/R:U/V:C/RE:M/U:Amber'}`	cvssV4_0 `{'score': 5.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/AU:N/R:U/V:C/RE:M/U:Green'}`

Mar 12, 2025 6:45 PM Description updated. Title updated. First appearance in the feed. Weaknesses updated. Affected versions updated. Affected vendors updated. Added references. Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		A vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software enables an authenticated admin on the PAN-OS CLI to read arbitrary files. This issue does not affect Cloud NGFW or Prisma Access.
Title		PAN-OS: Authenticated Admin File Read Vulnerability in PAN-OS CLI
First Time appeared		Paloaltonetworks Paloaltonetworks pan-os
Weaknesses		CWE-41
CPEs		cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.1.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.1.10:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.1.11:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.1.12:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.1.13:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.1.14:-:::::: cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.1.14:h10:::::: cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.1.14:h1:::::: cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.1.14:h2:::::: cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.1.14:h3:::::: cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.1.14:h4:::::: cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.1.14:h5:::::: cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.1.14:h6:::::: cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.1.14:h7:::::: cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.1.14:h8:::::: cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.1.14:h9:::::: cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.1.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.1.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.1.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.1.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.1.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.1.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.1.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.1.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.1.9:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.10:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.9:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:11.0.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:11.0.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:11.0.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:11.0.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:11.0.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:11.0.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:11.1.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:11.1.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:11.1.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:11.1.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:11.1.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:11.2.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:11.2.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:11.2.2:::::::*
Vendors & Products		Paloaltonetworks Paloaltonetworks pan-os
References		https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2025-0115
Metrics		cvssV4_0 `{'score': 6.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/AU:N/R:U/V:C/RE:M/U:Amber'}`